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TYMPANIC
Definition of TYMPANIC
adjective
Of, relating to, or resembling a drum.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From tympanum + -ic.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, TYMPANUM · 3 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
TYMPANIC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 52 boards so far. 223 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 24, 13 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 158, 25 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 24, 13 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
TYMPANIC starts with T and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read ACIMNPTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start TYMPAN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 24
Could you have found TYMPANIC?
OUTLIER is a daily word game. One grid, the same grid for everybody, and the words nobody else spots are the ones that pay. This word was on Day 24 - and most players walked straight past it.
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